Vedanta’s very embarrassing silence
Imagine it: a room full of suits in London’s austere and business-like Institute of Civil Engineers, engaged in a passionate debate about religion. That was the scene on Wednesday at the annual general meeting of the London-based and LSE-listed mining company Vedanta, which has been trying for years to get permission to mine bauxite on [...]
Vedanta Resources: the world’s most hated company?
Protesters descend on FTSE 100 mining group’s AGM – but chief executive describes criticism as ‘lies’ Vedanta Resources’ highly successful financial year, and its annual meeting, were overshadowed yesterday when more than 100 protesters, some dressed as characters from James Cameron’s Avatar film, came to object to what they say is the company’s shocking human [...]
Question over funds for investment in Vedanta
Today, shareholders will be attending the AGM of Vedanta Resources, a UK-listed mining company whose operations in Orissa, India, have been the subject of international criticism. An existing alumina factory at the foot of the Niyamgiri hills is alleged to be polluting waterways and damaging crops, while plans to build a bauxite mine at the [...]
Motion against Vedanta in UK Parliament
Members of the British Parliament have proposed an Early Day Motion (EDM) on Vedanta. If you live in the United Kingdom, please encourage your own MP to sign EDM 552. EDM 552 VEDANTA RESOURCES PLC20.07.2010 Williams, Hywel That this House notes the unethical practices of Indian-owned Vedanta Resources and its subsidiaries, including the destruction of [...]
Vedanta: events and protests, 28 and 29 July 2010
PROTESTS against Vedanta will be held outside the company’s AGM WHEN: 2 – 3.30pm, Wednesday, 28 July (AGM begins at 3pm) WHERE: Institute of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA *************************************************** Book launch: Out of this Earth: East India Adivasis and the Aluminium Cartel by British anthropologist Felix Padel and Indian writer/activist/film-maker [...]
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